Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value,to engage you to substantial gratitude.We thank them for nothing.- Charles Lamb

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him.We are content with less than absolute truth.- Charles Lamb

The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes,dead-letter days.- Charles Lamb

It is good to love the unknown.- Charles Lamb

My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it.- Charles Lamb

The most common error made in matters of appearanceis the belief that one should disdain the superficialand let the true beauty of one's soul shine through.If there are places on your body where this is a possibility,you are not attractive - you are leaking.- Charles Lamb

A book reads the better which is our own,and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots,and dog's ears, and can trace the dirt in it to havingread it at tea with buttered muffins.- Charles Lamb

Your pain is the breaking of the shellthat encloses your understanding.Much of your pain is self-chosen.It is the bitter potion by which thephysician within you heals your sick self.Therefore trust the physician, and drinkhis remedy in silence and tranquility.- Khalil Gibran

The Science of Mind is intensely practicalbecause it teaches us how to usethe Mind Principle for definite purposes,such as helping those who are sick, impoverished, or unhappy.- Ernest Holmes

Praying is important when you wake upat two o'clock in the morningfeeling sick from eating something dumb the day before.- Charlie Brown in Charles M. Schulz' cartoon Peanuts

Jesus preached more and taught moreabout helping the poor and the sick and the hungrythan he did about heaven and hell.Shouldn't that tell us something?- John Grisham

No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish.- Kin Hubbard

For me, the most powerful expressions of true Christianityin this material world are an unconditional love of all humans,and an uncompromising commitment to caring for allwho are sick, infirm, or troubled -as expressed in the biblical story of the Good Samaritan.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie